Chivalry Is Not Dead

We would like to salute the Mayor of Milwaukee Tom Barrett for his bravery.

On 8.15.09 Mayor Barrett, while leaving the state fair without his security detail because he was not on duty as Mayor, came to the defense of a Grandmother screaming for help while defending her one-year-old grandchild from a man wielding a pipe in a domestic dispute. Mayor Barrett was hit several times in the head and torso, and broke his hand as he stood his ground.

Thankfully the the Grandmother and the child were unharmed and Mayor Barrett is expected to make a full recovery from his injuries and the assailant has been arrested.

Read the whole story here from the Chicago Tribune.

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